Category: AMERICA

Hershey Fires Unvaccinated Employees

The Hershey Company has begun firing office workers who did not get vaccinated against COVID-19. On the way out the door, Hershey is asking employees to sign a nine-page confidentiality and release agreement that would remove their rights to sue the company or talk about their experience. Although their signature comes with a “special separation…


EXCLUSIVE: Hershey Fires Unvaccinated Employees

The Hershey Company has begun firing office workers who did not get vaccinated against COVID-19. On the way out the door, Hershey is asking employees to sign a nine-page confidentiality and release agreement that would remove their rights to sue the company or talk about their experience. Although their signature comes with a “special separation…


CDC’s Advisory Panel to Meet on Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Following FDA Approval

The panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines will meet to discuss how to handle the newly approved Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The formal name of the panel is the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). “ACIP will meet (as they did when they recommended the Pfizer vaccine after approval),” a CDC…


North Carolina Transplant Patient Would Rather ‘Die Free’ Than Get COVID-19 Vaccine

A North Carolina man said that a hospital refused to carry out a kidney transplant because he won’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and he would rather die than comply with the requirement. “I was born free. I will die free. I’m not changing my mind,” Chad Carswell told WSOC-TV. “I’ve had conversations with my family…


Pfizer Board Member: Immunity From Omicron Likely Protective Against Sub-Variant

Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb said that the Omicron COVID-19 variant appears to confer some protection against an Omicron sub-variant known as BA.2 that was recently discovered in several countries. “You should be protected. So the mutations in this new version are not in the receptor-binding domain on the spike protein,” Gottlieb told CBS…


CDC’s COVID-19 Mask Guidelines for Children Challenged by House Republicans

House Republicans are challenging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s COVID-19 guidelines for children, including mask requirements in school. Led by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), the lawmakers penned a letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky calling on her to roll back recommendations that children wear masks, citing the harms to mental…


Top Cardiologist: ‘Spotify Never Contacted Me’ After Joe Rogan Interview

Cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, who appeared in a popular episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” in recent weeks, disputed claims that he promoted “misinformation” about COVID-19 and vaccines following an announcement made Sunday by Rogan’s host, Spotify. “When I went on with Rogan I brought my laptop and went over my grand rounds slides. Every…


Ivermectin ‘Safe’ and ‘Effective’ for Treating Omicron: Japanese Company

A Japanese conglomerate has found that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is effective and safe for the treatment of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, according to a phase III clinical trial. Kowa Co. Ltd., a conglomerate with interests in trading, hospitality, electronics, along with health and medical applications, issued a press release (pdf) on Jan. 31 stating…


New Jersey Governor: State Will ‘Have to Learn How to Live’ With COVID-19

New Jersey’s governor said on Sunday that his state will have to learn how to “how to live with” COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. “We’re not going to manage this to zero. We have to learn how to live with this,” Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said during an appearance…


Governors Say Time to Learn How to Live With COVID-19

Several governors said over the weekend that Americans will have to learn how to live in a world with COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, present. “We’re not going to manage this to zero. We have to learn how to live with this,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said during…